FUE Hair Transplant

1800 euro cash plus my flight. 1800 included hotel and transfers.

No problems at all. Painful donor area during healing but pure aloe Vera calmed that quickly

Anyone?

hi

Here in this forum, we would classify the above solution as "SNAKE OIL" :)

Hi All,

I would like to share my experience with hair transplant.

I am in my early 30s and started noticing receding hairline in the past two years. So I decided to explore the options of a hair transplant.

I got quotes from different clinics as below, and all recommend 4000-4500 hairs:

Cork, Ireland (FUE €7500)

Turkey (FUE and DHI from €1500 to €2200)

Hungary (FUE2 from €1800 to & 2300).

I went with Hungary and got the FUE2 hair transplant with 4200 hairs (not grafts) in Budapest, Hungary. Costed me €2200 by cash.

It's been only two weeks since the procedure and the scalp looks very natural. People can't tell if they had surgery and I am happy to recommend the HairPalace clinic Budapest. PM me if you need more details.

Few reasons why I opted for Hungary.

-Short and cheap RyanAir flight (€150 return with 20 kg luggage).

-Consultant surgeon does the surgery as opposed to a technician in Turkey.

-Medical procedures are more regulated in Hungary (falls under the EU medical regulations and ethics).

-Price difference between Turkey and Hungary was negligible when adding the flight cost.

-Medicines and good aftercare are being delivered so far.

Things that are better in Turkey:

-Slightly more hairs with the same price, and they are using the latest DHI technique. A friend did the procedure in Turkey last month, and his recovery was within 5 days as opposed to 2 weeks in my case.

-Turkish clinic provides shampoo in addition to the meds. But again the majority of his procedure was done by a technician, and surgeon checked in every now and then. He told me 6 more people were getting the hair transplant done at the same time, so the surgeon has to move around.

-No prior blood tests needed in Turkey. Whereas in Hungary, you need to get the bloods in Ireland and send off the results or arrive 2 days prior to the surgery in Budapest and pay €100 extra for these blood tests.

My surgeon in Hungary has recommended Minoxidil and Finasteride shampoo or foam from week 5 post-op.

Could anyone recommend to me where I could purchase this shampoo/foam with these two chemicals. I am not ready to take the oral pills.

Many thanks 😁🧑

Damn that sounds like a hassle, is that 4 sprays for the rest of your days, or just for the period after surgery?

If indefinitely that would mean you need to remember to pack the spray with you if you head for a day out etc?

and I thought having to remember to take the 1/4 tablet in the morning was bad enough!

I know it's been asked a million times already, but how the **** do you get your hands on some Oral Minoxidil in this country? Has anyone actually got it?

Just back from the GP, wouldn't prescribe it. Got quite animated when I tried to discuss the issue with prescribing it too, wasn't up for discussion. Also, she confused the side effects of Finasteride with Minoxidil. She said the only way I could get a prescription was by seeing a dermatologist, 1 year wait going public. Our health service are way behind the curve when it comes to hair loss.

€200 per prescription, that's some racket Nel is running. He could probably earn a living just by writing OM prescriptions.

There's other HT doctors in this country, some offer free consultations, I wonder would they write a prescription...

Funnily enough my own GP also confused the side effects of minoxidil with finesteride.

I'd be fairly sure there's a lot of GPs who are unaware of using finesteride as hairloss medication.

Also as oral minoxidil is not FDA approved (for hairloss) I doubt many doctors are going to be persuaded to prescribe it for this reason.

I take 2.5mg daily,I had serious palpations and dizzy spells for a month or so,heart medicine that isn't prescribed to you is not to be messed with.I don't plan on being on it for life,I'll most likely move back to topical when this batch runs out.

Personally didn't notice much difference in results anyway.

I have a prescription from mainland Europe and that where I get it from.

Mainland Europe you say? So Irish GPs will accept prescriptions from abroad? I'm off to Dr. Turan in Turkey next month, could I get him to prescribe OM and present this prescription in my local pharmacy?

Sorry I meant Irish pharmacies, not GPs. Pharmacies don't ask questions, they provide whatever medication they are told to by a doctor's prescription. So if Irish pharmacies accept foreign prescriptions there might be no issue. Gonna ask about that tomorrow actually in my local.

Fed up with topical minox, such a pain in the arse to apply each day. It's making my scalp dry too.

I too hated the topical stuff.. just ended up making hair stick to head and look greasy, plus it was just more time to waste in the morning when you're rushing out the door. Also cycling to work the sweat would make the stuff pour down into my eyes! :)

You could just take the hit and pay the €200 to get it over with? I mean you are flying to Turkey, so I'm sure the price of the stay will be more than that?

Once you get the initial prescription it's just €60 per year after... which you may or may not be able to get renewed by any GP.

Nah I'd probably stick to topical rather than fork over that kind of money, for what is basically the same product. Plus with topical I can add tretinoin for better results, and using topical will keep me motivated to dermaroll.

Dr. Fotios from Grow Club will prescribe Finasteride, but not OM. Seems doctors in general are wary of OM for hair loss because it's "not FDA approved".

As regards the dry scalp thing,are you using Rogaine or one of the cheaper brands like Kirkland? The cheaper ones seem to cause dry scalp.

I get the thing about it making hair greasy and stick to the head etc.I got around this by only using it once a day before bed.

Can I ask where you get this? It's definitely something I'd be interested in